Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-06-17
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THE sTAUNToN PUBLIC sCHOoLs-sTAUN
TON AND AUGUSTA STUDENTS AT
WASHINGTON 6 LEE UNIVERSITY
SHERWOOD FEMALE sEMINARY-THE
VIRGINIA LATIN sCHooL-MIss COZ
sToN's SCHOOL,
&C., SC, &C.
We give to-day the closing educational
exercises of the commencement season
running from primary to University
Close of the Public Schools.
LIST OF THE GRADUATES, MEDALIsTs.
AND DISTINGUISHED PUPILS.
The Public Schools of Stanton. under
the excellent supervision OF Superlnten-
dent W. w. Robertson, closed their ses-
sion with an exhibition by the white pupils
last night at the Opera House.
The large building was filled at an early
hour by the friends of the schools, and the
music by the Stonewall Band and the calls
thenic drill by the girls pupils, contributed
greatly to the enjoyment the audience ex-
perienced. The following programme was
admirably given:
Salutatory. by Geo. A. VanLear; De-
clamation, ("Regulus"),I by Hampton
Wayt; Essay. (''Success' by Miss Oracle
Yost; Defamation, [sSpartacus"); by
Ed. Faison; Defamation, ("The south
Faithful to her Duties''), by Rudolph
Bumgardner; Essay. ("Old Folks
Thoughts'0, by Miss Ina Asst; Declama-
ton, by Willie Morton.
A we'll delivered valedictory. by Geo. Fl.
Hudson. closed the programme.
In the white schools the following is the
list of pupils
DISTINGUISHED
for seasonal standing and examinations
combined:
High School-Cora Shepherd, Florence
Moore. Lizzie Hogshead, Carrie Bell,
Lucy Irvine, Bessie Turner, Willie Cole
man, Hampton Wayt, Rudolph Bumgard-
ner, Stuart Arthur, Louise Witt, James
Foster, Rosa Root, and Maud Fletcher.
4th Grammar Grade-John A Atkins,
Frank E Atkins, Robt E Foster, Chas F
Hutcheson, Guy Nelson, and Chas Sw1nk
3rd Grammar Grade-M Boyd Hoover.
Hulst Glenn, and Bessie Summerson.
End Grammar Grade-Joseph Lush
baugh, Allen Hope, and Anna Cribbens.
LIST Grammar Grade-Ham White, Roy
Turner, Geo Wilson, Richard Fauver,
Langley Heyden, Eva Cox, and Egbert
Coyner.
9th Primary Grade-Lizzie Grattan.
Mildred Hutcheson, A B Timberlake, and
Carrie Gregory.
5th Primary Grade-Maggie Robertson,
Addie Fauver, Kate Shaver, Mamie
Hoover, Mamie Dunn, Kate Fifer, Hamp-
ton Hanger and Thos Elder.
4th Primary Grade-Elbert Brown, Mar
shall Coleman. John Stoddard, Beatrice
Atkins, Helen Coleman, Katie Dunn,
Minnie Grattan, May Miller. Eva McCue
and Minnie Morton.
Sd Primary Grade-James Hutcheson,
Harry Wegner, Julius Witt. Margaret
Timberlake, Carrie Echard and Stella Nc
Guinnity.
I'd Primary Grade-Withers Bell, Annie
Smith and Edith SheWey.
LIST Primary Grade, Section A-Laura
Jordan, Willie Smith, Fannie Reed, Ollie
Smith, Chas Yeager and Jordan Hoge.
Section B-Blanche Coffelt, Mary Hoov-
or, Harry Woodward, Louis Hutcheson,
Chas Haines, Horace Hart and Ernest
FretWell.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
Geo. Il. Hudson, Ed. Faison, Geo. Van
Lear and Willie Morton.
MEDALIsTs.
Cora Shepherd, 1st Honor.
Geo. III. Hudson, Literature.
Highest Grammar Grade, John A. Ait
kins, 1st Honor Medalist.
THE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED.
The scholarships under the Shirley Fund
were awarded by the Trustees of that
fund on the recommendation of the School
Board as follows: Wesleyan Female In
stitute-Florence Moore; Virginia Female
Institute Carrie Bell and Cora Shepherd,
and the fourth left vacant for further
action.
The Medals were presented by w. II.
II. Lynn, Esq, of the School Board; the
Diplomas by Principal Perry, of the High
School; the Distinctions by Superinten-
dent W. W. Robertson. and the Scholar
ships by j. B. Woodward, Esq, Of the
School Board.
The exercises had not closed when our
paper was put to press.
The following are thei
DISTINCTIONS IN THE CoLoRED
SCHOOLS
in seasonal standing and examinations
combined:
4th Grammar Grade-Walter Johnson,
Henrietta Brown, Edward johnson and
Ella Haynes
3rd Grammar Grade-Thomas Brown,
W J Johnson and John E Holmes.
I'd Grammar Grade-Lydia Woods and
Mary E Reynolds.
LIST Grammar Grade-Mary Richardson,
Fannie Waddy and Willis Brown.
4th Primary Grade-Melvin Jordan,
Lizzie Frazier, Lilly Anderson, and VIM
Paris.
3rd Primary Grade-Annie Thomas and
Charley Frazier.
I'd Primary Grade-Carina Campbell,
Maggie Wood, Emma Hill, Louella White,
Maggie Randall, Wallace johnson, and
Wayman Frazier.
LIST Primary Grade.-LiZzle Howard
Sophia Brown. Annie Lindsay, Henry
Jones, hester Jackson, Lena McClung
Henrietta Walker, Frame Frank, Charlie
Brown, Dora Hill, William Mickie, and
Minnie Smith.
Washington and Lee University
commencement
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